OVERVIEW: Edward Lampert and his wife Kinga move their philanthropy through the Lampert Foundation. Their philanthropic areas of interest are health, education and policy, with a significant portion of their funding directed toward cancer research. They also support organizations in Greenwich, Connecticut.

BACKGROUND: Edward Lampert is a graduate of Yale University. Early in his career, he worked with Daniel Och in the risk arbitrage department at Goldman Sachs. Lampert founded his own hedge fund, ESL Investments, in 1988 and became the CEO of Sears in 2013. Kinga Lampert worked as an attorney in New York City.

LOOKING FORWARD: The Lampert Foundation has increased its giving over the past several years, writing about $2.7 million in grants in a recent year. It is likely that the couple will continue its support of cancer research and other areas of interest.